Celebrating Female Creatives – #IWD16

Despite the gender split being quite even on creative courses at University level, the design industry is heavily dominated by males. If I asked you to draw me a sketch of a Graphic Designer, what would you draw? I’m 99.9% sure it would be a middle aged male with glasses. Am I right?

I have a lot to say on the gender disparities within the design industry (I wrote my dissertation about Women in Design, y’know?), but that’s a story for another day. Today is International Women’s Day, so I thought it’s the perfect excuse to share some of my favourite female creatives; art directors, illustrators, typographers and anything else they wish to turn their hands to.

If you didn’t already know about these ladies, I hope that inspired you? Check out the #IWD16 conversation on twitter and also don’t forget to tell me about your female inspirations (creative or not) below 🙂